Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-06-02
GRANTS GRAVE.
Elaborate Decoration Ceremonies In
New York.
The Members OF Sixty Grand Army
Posts In the Procession.

New York, May 30.--The procession
started from Forty. second street and
Fifth Avenue shortly after 10 o'clock a.
m. The 9TH. Goth, Sth. 9th,, 18th, 18th.
22nd and list regiments and the First and
Second batteries acted as escort to the
Grand Army of the Republic. Follow
ing them came the body of the procession
composed of sixty grand army posts, di-
vided into ten divisions and numbering
oyer six thousand men. Then came a
large number of veteran associations. in
which were included the Fire and Haw-
kins zouaves, the veterans of the Tam
many and Mozart regiments. Meagher's
Irish brigade and veterans of the Goth,
163d and 10th regiments, the Lafayette
guards and the Rochambeau grenadiers.
The procession closed with two floral
divisions, composed of trucks and wag-
ons. draped with flags and loaded with a
wealth of flowers to be laid by the sever.
al grand army posts on their comrades"
graves Carriages containing Governor
Hill, Generals Sherman and Sheridan.
Mayor Hewitt and other officials, accom-
panied by the governors staff, were es-
corted down Fifth avenue to the review
stand at Madison square, where they took
their places and stood while the process
sion went by. In the square stand the
monuments to General Worth, who was
killed in the Mexican war; and the the
statues to Farragut and Seward, each of
which was handsomely decorated. The
large square was thronged with people.
The monuments to Washington, Lincoln
and Lafayette standing in the Union
square, were decorated with lavish pro-
,,ptn nF Ia nd MnHt
square, every inch of space was thronged
with spectators.
Having passed the Washington monu-
ment the national guard regiments march
ed to their armories and the various G.
A. II. posts went by train or ferry to
Greenwood, Calvary, Cypress Hill, Eyer
green and other cemeteries, to Trinity
and Woodlawn cemeteries, and to ceme-
teries in Staten Island White Plains and
other places in the vicinity. where they
decorated the graves of their comrades
and held memorial services.
Early this morning Mrs. Grant drove to
Riverside park, and entering the tomb of
Gen. Grant laid her personal token of
flowers upon the steel casket which con
tains the remains of her dead husband.
The front of the tomb was one mass of
flowers From the cross above the arch
was pinned Grand Army badge of pur-
pie and blue immortellcs which had been
sent by Chicago admirers of the late gen
eral In the center Of the iron door were
roses sent by Thomas post, Deer Lodge,
Mont, while scattered around were floral
offerings from the viceroy of China.
President Barrios' widow and innumerable
Grand Army posts.
At 3 p. IN. the public began to arrive,
Among the first were a party of fifty
colored boys, who each placed a flower
on the tomb. The exercises began at $40
with the rendition of the funeral wall and
triumph of Chopin, after which the ritual
of the Grand Army was observed. John
Riley Thompson, ID, native of Ohio,
pastor of the Washington Square Nj, Il.
church, then delivered an eloquent and
patriotic address, taking the ground that
war is a necessary part of Gods proyi-
dence in the development of the world
The Grafton was followed by the March
Funebre," from Beethovens twelfth
sonata performed by the band, and the
National Hymn" sung by the Apollo
club The bugle call, Lights out, then
rang out and the services then ended
with benediction.
The Academy of Music was crowded
this evening at the memorial exercises
given under the auspices of the city and
county memorial committee. Mayo,
Hewitt presided. Rev. +. Dewitt Tai.
mage delivered the Grafton Of the even
ing. The address was followed by selec.
tons by prominent musical and literary
artists. Gov. Hill and members of his
staff occupied boxes